GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 2:16. RESTRICTED SCM/170/Add.4 12 October 1993 Special Distribution

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED SCM/170/Add.4 12 October 1993 Special Distribution Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original: English SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 2:16 OF THE AGREEMENT Addendum Reproduced herewith is the semi annual report submitted by the United States

2 Country Product Initiation Provisional Final measures No final measures Trade Subsidized measures.volume** imports as Definitive Undertaking No No Case Other % of duty subsidy injury withdrawn domestic Date Date, amount Date, amount of Date, Date Date Date Date of subsidy' subsidy' amount of consumption i 12 Argentina Cold-rolled carbon steel Textiles & ' Brazil Castor oil ' ' Cotton yarn 0.19% 0.19% Cotton yarn Lead & ,572 Vol.4% bismuth % % ST steel Pig iron % 0% Canada Standard carnations - Reporting Signatory: United States SCM/170/Add.4 SEMI-ANN'UAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS ' For the Period 1 January to 30 June 1993 Page2

3 SCM/170/Add.1 Page 3 : '. Canada (Cont'd) Chile Colombia Costa Rica France Germany India Iran Israel Korea Mexico I Live swine Standard carna-tions Roses & other cut flowers Miture carnations Fresh cut flowers Brass sheet & stip Lead & bismuth steel Lead & bismuth steel Sulphanilic acid In-shell pistachios Oil country tubular goods Stainless steel cooking ware Ceramic tile $ $.0051 kg % % % % % % ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 40,798 ST 36,565 ST 288,808 kgs Vol.08% Vol.07% nla

4 SCM/170/Add.1 Page4 Mexico (Cont'd) Ceramic tile Ceramic tile Leather wearing apparel % Textile mill Netherlands Standard chrysanthe- CIuIXs Pakistan Cotton shop towels % Cotton shop towels Peru Cotton sheeting & satcen ' ' Cotton yarn Fresh cut flowers Steel concrete reinforcing bar ' ' ' ' Saudi Arabia Steel wire rod Singapore Antifriction bearings % Antifriction bearings

5 * The symbol is used if an investigation is opened in the context of a review of an existing countervailing measure. ** Trade volume based on statistical data for the latest available calendar year prior to investigation. Where the subject merchandise fails within a 'basket tariff classification, trade volume for that basket category from the country conceded may be the only statistic available. Page 5 SCM/170/Add F- South Africa Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom Venezuela Cold-rolled f.at steel Corrosionresistant fiat steel Cut-to-lenth carbon steel plate Ferrochrome Hot-rolled flat steel Stainless steel cooking ware Ball bearings Ball bearings Aspirin Welded carbon steel pipe & tube Lead & bismuth steel Ferrosilicon % O % % i % % ' ' ' ' ' 39,906 M kgs $ M 47,703 M kg$ $21,589 M 72,028 M kgs $ M 30,781 M kgs $8,828 M 127,425 ST 46,000 ST Vol.26%

6 2. Notification of intent to revoke countervailing duty order on basis of no interest by interested parties. > 3. Determination not to revoke the countervailing duty order due to expression of interest by interested party. ' 4. By order of the CIT, Commerce rescinded its 13 August 1990 revocation of the countervailing duty order, reinstated the order effective 18 May 1992 and continues to suspend liquidation of entries on the subject merchandise. Furthermore, Commerce directed the US Customs Service to require a cash deposit in the amount of 4.53 per cent, ad valorem, the last published deposit rate, for each entry of the subject merchandise. 5. Amendment to final results of countervailing duty administrative review following the Extraordinary Challenge Committee's upholding of the Panel's order affirming the 29 November 1992 redetermination. 6. Because the CIT affirmed Commerce's second results of redetermination of remand, the "all others" countervailing duty rate decreased. SCM/170/Add.1 Endnotes 1. Per cent or amount per unit, if appropriate.

7 SCM/170/Add.4 Page 7 COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS IN EFFECT ON ORDER DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY _..... ~~~~ Woollen garments Argentina Non-rubber footwear Leather wearing apparel Wool Cold-rolled flat OCTG Certain apparel Certain textile mill Heavy-walled rectangular tubing Light-walled rectangular tubing Line pipe Standard pipe Leather Castor oil Cotton yarn Pig iron Tillage tools Construction castings Brass sheet and strip Hot-rolled lead & bismuth CSP Live swine Standard carnations Steel rail Alloy magnesium Lumber Pure magnesium Standard carnations Sugar Brazil Canada Chile EC

8 SCM/170/Add.4 Page ORDER DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY Cut flowers Brass sheet & strip Hot-rolled lead & bismuth CSP Hot-rolled lead & bismuth CSP Iron metal castings Sulphanilic acid Raw pistachios Roasted pistachios Roses IPA OCTG SS cookware Carbon steel wire rod Extruded rubber thread Leather wearing apparel Ceramic tile Textile mill POS cookware Standard chrysanthemums Brazing copper rod & wire Lamb meat Carbon steel wire rod Steel wire Steel wire nails Atlantic salmon Shop towels Cotton sheeting & sateen Cotton yarn Rebar Ecuador France Germany India Iran Israel Korea any Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Peru

9 SCM/170/Add.4 Page ORDER DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY Pompon chrysanthemums Carbon steel wire rod Ball bearings Cylindrical roller bearings Needle roller bearings Spherical plain bearings Spherical roller bearings Ferrochrome Stainless steel Rayon staple fibre wire rod Carbon steel SS cookware Certain apparel Pipe & tube Rice Steel wire nails Ball bearings Malleable pipe fittings Butt-weld pipe fittings Steel wire rope Welded carbon steel line pipe Welded carbon steel pipe & tube Hot-rolled lead & bismuth CSP Leather wearing apparel Redraw rod Aluminium sulphate Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe Ferrosilicon Wire rod Peru Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand Turkey UK Uruguay Venezuela Zimbabwe

10 SCM/10/Add.4 Page 10 UNDERTAKINGS DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY Certain forged steel crankshafts Brazil Frozen concentrate orange juice Miture carnations Colombia Roses & other cut flowers Fresh cut flowers Costa Rica Cotton shop towels Peru Refrigeration compressors Singapore Non-continuous non-cellulosic yarn Thailand Gray portland cement & clinker Venezuela

11 COUNTERVAILING DUTY REVOCATIONS 1 January - 30 June 1993 Nil SCM/170/Add.4 Page 11